Fedora (formerly Fedora Core) is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora has a reputation for focusing on innovation, integrating new technologies early on and working closely with upstream Linux communities. The default desktop in Fedora is the GNOME desktop environment and the default interface is the GNOME Shell. Other desktop environments, including KDE, Xfce, LXDE, MATE and Cinnamon, are available. Fedora Project also distributes custom variations of Fedora called Fedora spins. These are built with specific sets of software packages, offering alternative desktop environments or targeting specific interests such as gaming, security, design, scientific computing and robotics.

The Fedora Project has launched a new version of the Fedora distribution. The new release, version 22, offers users three separate product lines, each tailored to a specific environment. These three product branches are called Workstation (for desktop use and developers), Server (for traditional server deployments) and Cloud (a minimal image for quick deployments). "We are proud to announce the official release of Fedora 22, the community-driven and community-built operating system now available in Cloud, Server, and Workstation editions. Fedora 22 has built on the foundation we laid with Fedora 21 and the work to create distinct editions of Fedora focused on the desktop, server and cloud. It's not radically different, but there are a fair amount of new features coupled with features we've already introduced but have improved for Fedora 22." The new Workstation release introduces more flexible firewall technology for developers while the Server edition offers XFS as the default file system and a central management console called Cockpit. Fedora Cloud allows administrators to perform atomic upgrades and rollback package updates for the entire system. See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso (1,365MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-22.iso (2,115MB, SHA256, torrent). Live DVD images featuring alternative desktops and special use cases are available from the Fedora Spins page.

Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 22: "The Fedora 22 beta release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development." The beta release announcement is almost an exact copy of the alpha announcement published last month, with one or two minor modifications; it lists the following changes in the "Workstation" edition's appearance and under-the-covers section: "The Nautilus file manager has been improved to use GActions, from the deprecated GtkAction APIs, for a better, more consistent experience; GNOME Shell has a refreshed theme for better usability; the Qt/Adwaita theme is now code-complete, and Qt notifications have been improved for smoother experience using Qt-based applications in Workstation; the libinput library is now used for both X11 and Wayland for consistent input device handling." Download: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso (1,378MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). Separate live DVD images with KDE (using Plasma 5), LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available.

Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of Fedora 22: "The Fedora 22 Alpha release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development." The release announcement provides a detailed introduction to the release; here are a few points of interest from the workstation section: "The GNOME Shell notification system has been redesigned and subsumed into the calendar widget; the terminal now notifies you when a long running job completes; the login screen now uses Wayland by default; installation of GStreamer codecs, fonts, and certain document types is now handled by Software, instead of GNOME PackageKit; the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) now features better notifications, and uses the privacy control panel in GNOME to control information sent...." Here is the download link to the workstation edition: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Alpha-3.iso (1,459MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). Separate live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available.

Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 21, the latest stable version of Red Hat's community distribution for desktops, servers and the cloud: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21, ready to run on your desktops, servers and in the cloud. Fedora 21 is a game-changer for the Fedora Project, and we think you're going to be very pleased with the results. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 comes in three flavors: Cloud, Server, and Workstation. The Fedora Workstation is a new take on desktop development from the Fedora community. Our goal is to pick the best components, and integrate and polish them. This work results in a more polished and targeted system than you've previously seen from the Fedora desktop." Read the release announcement and release notes for detailed information about the release. Download (mirrors, torrents, pkglist): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5.iso (1,404MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-21.iso (1,953MB, SHA256, torrent). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available.

Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 21, the upcoming new version of the popular Red Hat-sponsored community distribution: "The Fedora 21 beta release is here, and - as usual - is packed with amazing improvements to Fedora, as well as fantastic free and open source software, gently harvested for your enjoyment. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 will boast three products: Cloud, Server, and Workstation." Highlights of the "Workstation" edition include: "Fedora 21 Workstation includes the latest GNOME desktop. Fedora 21 is tracking GNOME 3.14, which was released in September. GNOME 3.14 includes many new features such as integration of Picasaweb and DNLA media server support in GNOME Photos, a new game called Hitori similar to Sudoku, and much more. A Wayland technology preview is included in this release for GNOME." Here is the full release announcement. Download the "Workstation" edition from here: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Beta-4.iso (1,345MB, SHA256, pkglist). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available.

Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the much-delayed alpha release of Fedora 21. This comes almost exactly one year since the project's last alpha release - that of Fedora 20, released on 24 September 2013. From the release announcement: "The Fedora 21 Alpha release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 will boast three products: Cloud, Server and Workstation. Note that for the alpha release, the network installers act as generic, 'universal' installers, offering the entire set of Fedora package groups by default, rather than only the groups associated with the product they are meant to represent. Each of the products will build on the 'base' set of packages for Fedora." Download the workstation edition from here: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso (1,328MB, SHA256, pkglist). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops are also available.

Kevin Fenzi has announced that the delayed alpha release of Fedora 20 is now ready for testing - complete with Linux kernel 3.11, GNOME 3.10, KDE 4.11, ARM as a primary architecture, NetworkManager improvements and many other goodies: "The Fedora 20 'Heisenbug' alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under development. The Fedora 20 release coincides nicely with the 10th anniversary of Fedora. The first Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. Since then, the Fedora Project has become an active and vibrant community that produces nearly a dozen "spins" that are tailor made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming, musicians, artists, and early classroom environments." See the release announcement for a full list of new features and other details. Download (torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Alpha-4.iso (960MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-20-Alpha-4.iso (921MB, torrent).